Pray for strength for me, please

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These last few weeks have been an emotional rollercoaster, and it hasn’t been getting better despite my prayers. My boyfriend’s daughters were kidnapped by his ex-wife (please continue to pray for him), and he’s depressed and unable to see me. I want to be supportive and loving, but I feel like I have so little to give right now. I’m trying to write my Master’s thesis, and I’m working full-time as well. I was already stressed out from school and work before my boyfriend’s crisis hit. I’m supposed to start a second full-time job in July, and although I’m looking forward to it, I’m not sure I can handle working two jobs.

I’m trying to be strong. I’m trying to manage to juggle school, work, and being a supportive girlfriend in his time of grief. All I really want is a hug, and I can’t even get that. I’m far away from my family, and the friends who live close to me are opposed to me dating a divorced man and so I haven’t told them what’s going on. The nearest English-speaking Church is an hour away from me, and I’m not even Catholic, but CAF is the only place where people seem to care.

I’m barely eating one meal a day, and I’m lucky if I get four hours of sleep a night. When I do eat, I have this urge to throw it all up, but so far I’ve resisted. I struggled with an eating disorder in my teens and don’t want to repeat that.

I’m trying to limit my worrying and despair, and I’m going to try to get at least half an hour of exercise and sunlight a day, but I think I need more than that. Pray for me, please? (And for my boyfriend and his daughters, of course.)
 
I’m not in a happy place either. I need strength myself but I will remember your intentions in my prayers.
 
Father, you know the needs here.
We, your humble servants come to you
now asking for your special graces to be
granted upon “Just Wondering”, her boyfriend,
and his children.
We ask you to send her your special angel
from heaven to guide her, give her comfort,
strength, and peace.
Help her to grow in you and your love.
We ask all of this in the name of Jesus.
AMEN
 
Thank you for your prayers. They mean so much to me. And thank you for the hug, Prague. I needed that. :hug1:

Things are looking a little better today. I got my vacation approved for August, which is wonderful. I’m trying to change my outlook. Please keep the prayers coming.
 
Thinking of you and praying often. Thank you for your prayers.
And I’m SO glad you have a vocation approved, and that you’re trying to create a different outlook. I’ve been aching for you in your situation but I have great hope for you. Trishie

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Merciful and loving Lord, look with immense compassion upon Just Wondering and her loved ones. Lord, it is in fire that we are proven worthy of Your Kingdom. We pray that You will graciously provide the needed strength to endure until then! Help us to recall the suffering that Christ Jesus underwent, as the only innocent one, for our sake. Take our feeble minds off of our temporal problems and focus our eyes on the indescribably joyous Kingdom that You have prepared for us since the beginning of time. Father, Jesus has told us that he who perseveres to the end, will be saved. It is for precisely that endurance that we pray. When we are absorbed with the day’s problems, let us recall that Christ promised that we would have problems in this world, but then assured us that He had overcome this world! With renewed energy and strength, let us go forth, praising your name, and learning to trust in You alone. We ask this through Christ, our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God for ever and ever. Amen! Alleluia!
 
You poor dear. Stress is so unbelievably hard on us. Your burden is very heavy right now. Just remember God won’t give you more than you can handle. I carry heavy (different) burdens. A little prayer says so much.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.
The courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the diffeence.
I will keep you in my prayers.
Diane
 
Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you for your update.
God’s Blessings
Prague
 
You remain in our prayers. Please God, you are continuing to find strength, and continuing to look after yourself. Trishie
 
Thanks for your continued prayers. I have a miserable flu and sore throat today, but spiritually I feel so much better. Last week I was so depressed, and I was questioning whether I was being a fool for dating a man with children, and moving to a different city to be closer to him. Several of my friends were counselling me to leave him because standing by him in this crisis would cause me pain, and because he wouldn’t be in a position to meet my needs. I wondered whether my dreams were crashing down around me, and people close to me kept telling me they were.

Your prayers have carried me through that low point. Just knowing that there are people out there, caring about me and praying for me, gave me the strength I needed to make a decision. I decided to continue in good faith, and trust that God will do what’s best for me and for my boyfriend and his daughters. I pray that this means a happy marriage and a loving family, but if that’s not how it works out, I can’t imagine regretting having been loving and supportive during this time of stress in my boyfriend’s life.

As soon as I made that decision, I was filled with a sense of peace and calm. Little things in my life started feeling better - I have a cold, but my boss sent me home sick and I have the rest of the week off. I feel like I have your prayers to thank for this peace of mind. Thank you. :hug1: Life is manageable.
 
Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
 
This weekend has been really hard. 😦 I’m still struggling with feeling depressed. I don’t see any end in sight to this struggle with my boyfriend’s kids being kidnapped and trying to get them back, but there’s nothing I can do to help right now. I just feel so useless.
 
Just_wondering said:
This weekend has been really hard. 😦 I’m still struggling with feeling depressed. I don’t see any end in sight to this struggle with my boyfriend’s kids being kidnapped and trying to get them back, but there’s nothing I can do to help right now. I just feel so useless.
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I will say some special prayers at Mass for you this morning.
I will light a candle for all the intentions here on CAF.
 
Please don’t feel useless! I am sure your just being there is a comfort. Praying for you…
A hug for you from Jesus.
 
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